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Gidhni Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gidhni is a medium size village located in Jamboni Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 448 families residing. The Gidhni village has population of 1935 of which 997 are males while 938 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gidhni village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 10.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gidhni village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gidhni as per census is 845, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gidhni village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gidhni village was 77.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gidhni Male literacy stands at 84.44 % while female literacy rate was 69.59 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gidhni village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gidhni village.

Gidhni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 448 - -
Population 1,935 997 938
Child (0-6) 203 110 93
Schedule Caste 196 105 91
Schedule Tribe 838 416 422
Literacy 77.19 % 84.44 % 69.59 %
Total Workers 664 539 125
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 268 194 74

Caste Factor

In Gidhni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.13 % of total population in Gidhni village.

Work Profile

In Gidhni village out of total population, 664 were engaged in work activities. 59.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 664 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.